Access to both services has been blocked in Turkey before. In March 2014, they were rendered inaccessible after audio recordings were posted that were said to feature evidence of government corruption.

This time the bans are thought to have been triggered by the publication of photos showing a prosecutor who was taken hostage by militants in Istanbul last week.

Tayfun Acarer, the head of the country’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority, told Turkish news site Hürriyet that a ban on access to Facebook was lifted after it complied with the court ruling.

We’ve contacted both Twitter and YouTube for comment on the latest developments and will update this post if we hear more.

If you’re in Turkey, let us know in the comments how the situation is affecting you.